Forest (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 52 of 2013)

Copies of this Statutory Instrument can be obtained from the Government Printer, P.O. Box 30136, 10101, Lusaka, Price K2.00 each GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO. 52 OF 2013 The Forests Act (Laws, Volume 12, Cap. 199) The Forest (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 IN EXERCISE of the powers contained in section sixty-eight of the Forests Act, the following Regulations are hereby made: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Forest (Amendment) Regulations, 2013, and shall be read as one with the Forest Regulations, in these Regulations referred to as the principal Regulations. 2. The principal Regulations are amended by the repeal of the First Schedule and the substitution therefor of the First Schedule set out in the Appendix to these Regulations. Title Repeal and replacement of First Schedule 21st June, 2013 Statutory Instruments 411 Cap. 199 412 Statutory Instruments 21st June, 2013 APPENDIX (Regulation 2) FIRST SCHEDULE (Regulation 2) PART 1 FEES AND PRICES FOR INDIGENOUS FOREST PRODUCE Type of produce Fees per cubic metre A. TIMBER Fee Units 1. Afzelia quanzensis (Mupapa, Mwande) 1150 2. Albizia species (Musase, Mutanga) 1250 3. Baikiaea species (Mukusi) 1250 4. Brachystegia species (Miombo) 900 5. Daniellia alsteeniana (Mukulabushiku) 975 6. Entandrophragma species (Mofu, Mofwe, Mipumema) 975 7. Erythrophleum africanum (Kayimbi, Mukoso, Mubako) 1000 8. Faurea Saligna (Saninga, Mushokoso) 1050 9. Guibourtia coleosperma (Muzauli, Mushibi) 1250 10. Khaya anthotheca (Mululu, Mbewa) 825 11. Mitragyna stipulosa (Mupa) 825 12. Pericopsis angolensis (Mubanga) 825 13 Pterocarpus angolensis (Mukwa, Mulombwa, Mulombe, Mukula) 1250 14. Other species 675 B. POLES AND BAMBOOS FOR SALE 15. Poles not exceeding 14 cm butt diameter 45 16. Poles between 15 and 19 cm butt diameter 60 17. Poles between 20 and 24 cm butt diameter 75 18. Poles between 25 and 30 cm butt diameter 90 19. Bamboos (Headload) 60 per 20 canes C. FUEL WOOD FROM INDEGENOUS TREES FOR SALE 20. Stacked in cubic metres 300 per m³ 21. In cords of 1m x 1m x 3m 900 per cord 22. In headloads 60 per headload 23. Charcoal 900 per cord D. HUT MATERIAL FOR LICENCE CAMPERS IN GAZETTED FORESTS 24. For temporary huts 225 25. For semi-permanent huts built with poles not exceeding 17 cm butt diameter 300 E. MISCELLANEOUS 26. Reeds 60 per 40 canes 27. Bark rope in headload bundles taken from trees felled for timber, poles or firewood 30 per headload 28. Top soil when available for collection per 5 ton truck 7500 F. NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS Fee Units (i) Caterpillars Free (ii) Uapaca Fruits Free (iii) Parianari Fruits Free (iv) Diaspyros (Wild) Friuts Free (v) Papyrus 30 per headload (vi) Palm Leaves 30 per headload (vii) Tubers 30 per kg (viii) Bees Wax 30 per kg (ix) Honey 30 per kg (x) Propolis 45 per kg (xi) Devil ‘s Craw (Seto) Harvester 900 per kg (xii) Arrow Poison (Mununga) 900 per kg G. CONVEYANCE In country 29. Timber (sawn) 90 per m³ 30. Firewood 45 per m³ 31. Charcoal 45 per 50 kg bag 32. Devils craw 900 per kg 33. Arrow poison 900 per kg Export 34. Timber (sawn) 100 per m³ 35. Devils craw 900 per kg 36. Honey 45 per kg 37. Arrow Poison (Seed) 900 per kg 38. Bees Wax 50 per kg PART II Fees and Prices for Forest Plantation Produce A. PINE TIMBER 39. Final Felling (Mature crop) 600 per m³ 40. Thinning (Immature crop) 360 m³ B. EUCALYPTUS TIMBER 41. Final Felling (Mature crop) 450 per m³ 42. Thinning (Immature crop) 300 per m³ C. POLES OF ALL PLANTATION SPECIES FOR SALE 43. Poles less than 10 cm top diameter 15 per metre 44. Poles between 10 and 14 cm top diameter 22.5 per metre 45. Poles between 15 and 19 cm top diameter 27 per metre 46. Poles between 20 and 24 cm top diameter 30 per metre 47. Poles between 25 and 29 cm top diameter 37.5 per metre 21st June, 2013 Statutory Instruments 413 PART III FEES FOR SERVICES 48. Site for sawmills in national forests, local forest or plantations 600 per hectare or part thereof per year 49. Open areas or joint forest areas 600 per hectare or part thereof per year 50. Timber depots, logging camps 900 per hectare or part thereof per year 51. Erection of communication transmitters construction of electricity 900 per hectare or part substations in national and local forests thereof per year DR. J. KASONDE, LUSAKA Minister of Lands, 18th June, 2013 Natural Resources and [ML.64/95] Environmental Protection 414 Statutory Instruments 21st June, 2013